Strange critters... isopods??

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debdp

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I was feeding my baby sun corals in a small container. A few had settled on some small rocks. I put in some cyclopeeze. And these little round flat things came off the rocks and were on the bottom of the container. I used a pippette to take them out of the container and put them on my desk for a better pic. There were three I pulled out altogether. The little orange things are cyclopeeze so it gives you an idea of how small these things are. The picture on the far right it rolled/curled up around the cyclopeeze. Kind of like the earth pill bugs. I also took a video but I haven't posted it.
 
They appear to be some kind of flatworm. You can possibly get a positive ID on them from Dr. Ron Shimek on the Marine Depot forums. Here is a link to his forum rules on getting IDs.
http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic19605-11-1.aspx
 
Nope, those are Sand Skaters, a pod that zips around on the substrate. I found them about 6 months ago, took pictures and showed them to Dr Ron. My thread should still be over there. They looked the exact same.

Reef-safe - nothing to worry about.


EDIT: Found the thread:
http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic71834-11-1.aspx?Highlight=melev
 
Marc wrote:
Nope, those are Sand Skaters, a pod that zips around on the substrate. I found them about 6 months ago, took pictures and showed them to Dr Ron. My thread should still be over there. They looked the exact same.

Reef-safe - nothing to worry about.


Thanks Marc, went over your thread and they are the same thing... like you not knowing I unfortuantely didn't keep them, but I'm sure there's plenty more in the tank.
 
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